BillyCorgan Posts

Smashing Pumpkins Reissue Nostalgia: Remembering the 'Gish' Tour 20 Years Later

It was 1991 - the year punk broke! - and I was a 16-year-old stranded, as I saw it then, in the cultural wasteland of suburban New Jersey ... Read More »

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Founds Pro Wrestling Organization

During a recent tour of Chicago morning news shows, Billy Corgan dropped an awesome, awesome bomb: he is getting involved in professional wrestling. ... Read More »

Freddie Mercury's 65th Birthday Inspires Tributes From Artists, Google and Lotus

Artists from around the rock world took some time out Monday, Aug. 5, to pay tribute to the late Queen singer Freddie Mercury on what would have been his 65th birthday. ... Read More »

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Films Ad for Smashing Pumpkins' New Album

You know what's weird? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hawking the Smashing Pumpkins' new album, 'Oceania.' ... Read More »

Billy Corgan's Brother Assaulted, Robbed on Chicago's Red Line Train

The younger brother of Smashing Pumpkins’ ringleader, Billy Corgan (pictured) -- 35-year-old Jessie Andersen -- was mugged in his hometown of Chicago on Thursday (June 9), while taking public transportation to his job. ... Read More »

Smashing Pumpkins Catalog Gets Revisited, Re-Released By EMI

In short: Smashing Pumpkins fans have a lot of music -- both old and new... and "new" new -- to look forward to in the next three years. ... Read More »

Rush Documentary Nabs Music DVD of the Year at Juno Awards

'Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage' won Music DVD of the Year at the Juno gala award ceremony March 26. ... Read More »

Mark Tulin, Electric Prunes and Smashing Pumpkins Bassist, Dead at 62

Mark Tulin, the bassist for early psychedelic rock innovators the Electric Prunes and later for Smashing Pumpkins, has passed away at 62. ... Read More »

Smashing Pumpkins' 'Siamese Dream' Cover Story Was Hoax

Smashing Pumpkin's new bassist is apparently one of the girls who graced the cover of the band's 1993 album 'Siamese Dream.' ... Read More »

Billy Corgan: Major Labels Have 'Squeezed the Excitement Out of Music'

“Something about the need for the major label system to corner the market has squeezed the excitement out of music,” Smashing Pumpkins' singer Billy Corgan says. ... Read More »

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Challenges Himself With 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope'

On Nov. 23, Smashing Pumpkins will release 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol. II: The Solstice Bare,' the second EP from their ongoing 44-song album. ... Read More »

Smashing Pumpkins Ready 'Solstice Bare' EP

Billy Corgan will continue his unconventional 44-song album onslaught when the Smashing Pumpkins release ‘The Solstice Bare,’ the second installment of 'Teargarden by Kaleidyscope,’ on Nov. 23. ... Read More »